Native Tree Increase Following Rat Removal
The eradication of invasive rats on the remote Pacific island Palmyra Atoll has led to positive benefits for native trees and the many other species who live in this habitat.
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'Alalā Genome Sequenced
The announcement marks the beginning of what is hoped to be a good year for the 'Alalā, as conservationists are planning to reintroduce some birds from captivity into prepared habitat on Hawaii later in 2016
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Community Conservation Helps Hirola
The Abdullah Somali community runs the Ishaqbini Conservancy which is part of a network of 33 community conservancies, operating under the umbrella of the Northern Rangelands Trust.
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When Birds and Buildings Collide
It is not that birds are unaware of their surroundings; they are simply not primed, via learning or evolution, to detect hazardous man-made structures that extend into their airspace.
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Amazon’s Trees Facing Extinction
Overall, an area the size of around 4,500 football pitches is still being lost every day.
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Reintroduction of the Clouded Leopard
Even though the last reliable evidence of the presence of the cat on the island was from a 1910 diary entry, biologists suspected that the notoriously elusive animal had avoided extinction for many years.
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